W; Vessels

The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of vessels.

Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).